NASA’s Psyche mission will explore a metal-rich asteroid. Here's why.
U.S. · TECH · SCIENCE
October 9, 20238 min read1578 words
Published: October 9, 2023  |  8 min read1578 words
This strange asteroid could be the exposed heart of a failed planet—or something even more mysterious. NASA is about to find out. Hiding within the asteroid belt exists a world suffused with metal, where the surface may be covered in cliffs and craters of iron alloys. Glimpsed on...
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